‘I feel bad for Daniel Jones’

Former New York Giants wide receiver Golden Tate explains why he feels bad for quarterback Daniel Jones.

The New York Giants have been among the most dysfunctionally run franchises in the NFL recently under general manager Dave Gettleman. He drafted quarterback Daniel Jones in 2019 with the sixth-overall pick, and did not give him much help in terms of coaching and a competent offensive line.

Gettleman is gone, and Joe Schoen has entered as the new general manager, who made the decision to not pick up Jones’ fifth-year option, meaning he is set to become a free agent at the end of next season.

Jones’ former wide receiver, Golden Tate, spoke with Andy Vasquez of NJ Advance Media and expressed how he feels bad for the fourth-year signal-caller.

“I honestly feel bad for Daniel,” Tate told NJ Advance Media on Wednesday. “He was drafted into a rebuilding organization for one, had Pat Shurmur for a year and then got Joe Judge for two years, now another head coach and another rebuild going into his fourth season. He hasn’t had Saquon [Barkley], myself, [Kenny] Golladay, Sterling [Shepard] – no one is ever on the field at the same time. And then on top of that, he had [Jason] Garrett [as his offensive coordinator] and that probably didn’t help much.

“So you kind of feel bad for him because a ton of talent. He has a lot of talent but he just hasn’t had much help due to injuries and how they set it up.”

Golden Tate explains why he feels bad for Daniel Jones

The quarterback has had one of the most unideal situations in recent memory. The starting offense was rarely at full health and on the field at the same time. Jones was a part of that problem, however, as he picked up a multitude of injuries during his first three years. But, there has not been a lot that has gone in his favor.

Jones thrived in his rookie season while playing in Pat Shurmur’s offensive system. Then, Shurmur was fired at the end of the season, but Gettleman remained. The organization brought in New England Patriots special teams coordinator Joe Judge to be the new head coach. Judge brought along former Dallas Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett to be his new offensive coordinator.

The quarterback’s production took a hit in the two seasons of the Judge era. Garrett was fired midway through last season and replaced by Freddie Kitchens. At the end of the season, Gettleman got a victory lap at MetLife Stadium despite leaving the organization in terrible shape and the aforementioned 19 victories. Judge was let go after a disastrous end to last season, highlighted by an infamous press conference rant and back-to-back quarterback sneaks called deep near their own end zone in their Week 18 game against the now-Washington Commanders.

Jones has the chance to truly turn things around this season.

Daboll is credited for his work with Josh Allen on the Buffalo Bills, who has developed into one of the top quarterbacks in the entire league. His new offensive coordinator is Mike Kafka, who worked with Patrick Mahomes since he was selected in the first round of the 2017 NFL Draft.

Perhaps the best thing of them all is that Schoen focused on actually improving the offensive line by bringing in Mark Glowinski and Jon Feliciano in free agency while using the seventh-overall pick on Alabama right tackle Evan Neal. Add those players alongside left tackle Andrew Thomas, and it is a vast improvement than what Gettleman has put out on the field in the four years prior.

The help is there, it is now up to Jones to prove that he can be the franchise’s quarterback for the foreseeable future.

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The Time Traveler’s Wife Will Not Return for a Second Season

This bit of time traveling didn’t last very long.

The Time Traveler’s Wife, starring Theo James and Rose Leslie, has been canceled by HBO after one season, according to an HBO statement obtained by TVLine.

The series, based on Audrey Niffenegger‘s 2003 novel of the same name, followed Henry (James), a man with a genetic disorder that causes him to time travel unpredictably, and his wife Clare (Leslie), who is forced to adapt to life while he’s gone. 

“Though HBO will not be moving forward with a second season of The Time Traveler’s Wife, it was our privilege to partner with master storytellers Steven Moffat and [director] David Nutter,” HBO said in their statement. “We are so grateful for their passion, hard work and care for adapting this beloved book. We also thank Theo and Rose, and the rest of our brilliant cast for their heartfelt performances, which completely captivated audiences.”

When the show premiered in May, series creator Moffatt indicated that he had plans for more.

“I had a plan about how many seasons we’d do—not telling you!—and where each one would end and how far you’d take it,” he told TVLine at the time. “There is enough juice in the book for more than just one [season].”

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Aston Villa talents lead England U19s to Euro glory



England’s U19s rounded out a brilliant summer’s work on Friday evening, to emerge triumphant from the finale of the European Championships.

The Young Lions, of course, were back in action a short time ago.

Having booked their spot in the tournament showpiece courtesy of a hard-fought downing of Italy in the semi-finals, Ian Foster’s troops made the trip to Trnava, for a showdown with surprise package Israel.

And, when all was said and done, it was England who did enough to reign victorious, courtesy of a tense 120 minutes.

Israel’s Oscar Gloch opened the scoring on the night, before Callum Doyle dragged the Young Lions back on level terms early in the 2nd-half of play:

After proceedings were sent to extra-time, the scoreline was then flipped fully on its head upon Aston Villa prodigy Carney Chukwuemeka keeping alive his stellar stretch of individual form with a crucial 2nd:

And an up-and-coming Villa talent took centre stage once more a short time later, when Aaron Ramsey’s strike with 116 minutes on the clock rounded out the scoring in Slovakia, in the process securing the European Championship title for a deserving England U19 outfit:


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Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course – How To Start The DLC

Some games make you work hard for their DLC, sometimes making you progress hours in the main game before granting you access. Others let you in right from the start. Luckily for fans of Cuphead, the long awaited Delicious Last Course DLC is an example of the latter. Here’s how to reach the new bosses and adventure within minutes of starting a new save file.

Beat the first Run & Gun

After talking to Elder Kettle and completing the optional tutorial, head out the door and across the bridge. Make sure to talk with the Apple on the way, who will give you your first three coins which can be used to purchase new weapons and charms.

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Complete the first Run & Gun level to unlock the bridge and get across the river.

On the other side of the bridge, you’ll see a white and red circle on the ground. This is your first Run & Gun challenge, Forest Follies. Dash and shoot your way through the killer foliage, grabbing all the coins you can along the way. Return to the map after completing the level, and there will be a new bridge leading you across the river.

Beat the first Mausoleum

Beat the first Mausoleum to meet the new NPC.

Take the bridge across and head down to find your first Mausoleum. The Mausoleums are all quite quick and painless to beat. Just parry all the pink ghosts before they reach they reach the urn; no need to shoot. At the end, you’ll free Ms. Chalice from the urn, who will reward you with your first Super Art, the Energy Beam.

Agree to depart with the NPC to enter the DLC.

Head back to the map, and a new NPC will appear with a boat. They will tell you that the Legendary Chalice needs your help in a far off isle. Agree to depart with them, and voila! You’re off to the DLC.

Note: If you’re accessing the DLC in a previous game file that you’ve already made progress in, simply head to the any completed Mausoleum location to find the NPC waiting for you.

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The World Is Melting Down and the Cause is Corruption- The G20 Needs to Take Action — Global Issues

The G20 needs to strengthen regulatory authorities across its membership and expand sanctions for violating Anti-Money Laundering requirements.
  • Opinion by Sanjeeta Pant, Blair Glencorse (washington dc)
  • Inter Press Service

At their core, these problems are driven by corruption- from the “weaponization” of graft by Russia in Ukraine to the lack of regulation of the enablers of corruption in G20 countries such as the UK. This malfeasance costs lives and livelihoods- and is directly responsible for everything from energy black-outs to food and fuel shortages.

Critical decisions are being made by the G20 about the ways that governments can collectively manage what is now considered a significant transnational threat to peace and prosperity. But despite the earnest anti-corruption commitments made by G20 countries annually, follow-up and delivery on these commitments is a challenge.

Civil society has to make its voice heard on these issues now, before it is too late. The Civil-20 (C20)– which we Co-Chair- engages the G20 on behalf of civil society. Over the past several months we have collectively gathered ideas from civil society around the world related to five central corruption challenges on which the G20 must take action immediately: Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and asset recovery; beneficial ownership transparency; countering corruption in the energy transition; open contracting; and the transparency and integrity of corporations.

This is what the C20 members are telling the G20 it needs to do now. First, effective anti-money laundering efforts are key to detecting illicit financial flows from corrupt activities in countries like Russia.

The G20 needs to strengthen regulatory authorities across its membership and expand sanctions for violating AML requirements, in particular for large financial institutions and what are called Designated Non-Financial Businesses and Professions (DNFBPs) that facilitate illicit financial flows (such as lawyers or accountants).

Similarly, when assets are returned they need to be aligned to GFAR principles, including through the engagement of civil society and community groups to support the transparency of this process.

Second, the G20 has committed to lead by example on beneficial ownership transparency (the real ownership of companies) and has the opportunity to strengthen this commitment by strengthening G20 High-Level Principles on Beneficial Ownership Transparency in line with improved global standards, including those recommended by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).

One challenge is integrating data and G20 member countries should also implement the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard to share and analyze data more easily- which would dramatically improve the ability of citizens to understand who owns companies that might be involved in corruption.

Third, there is massive amounts of corruption as the world transitions to clean energy, but corruption risks in the renewables sector are not unique- they follow many of the same patterns we have seen in infrastructure and the extractives industries, for example. As more and more countries transition towards renewable energy, it is important to prioritize resource governance in ways that align with existing agreed-upon high-level principles and best practices.

The G20 must regulate lobbying activities around clean energy- including through lobbying registries; enforce a strong and credible sanctions regime, including public databases of companies banned from tenders; and support independent civil society monitoring of large-scale energy projects through integrity pacts and other similar vehicles that help to ensure transparent procurement.

Fourth, government contracting is rife with collusion, nepotism and graft. The G20 must open up contracting processes and strengthen open data infrastructure by sharing information across the whole cycle of procurement for projects- from planning to contracting to awards and implementation.

Governments must also publish high-quality open data that is readily machine-readable so it can be used across multiple systems. This does not mean starting from scratch- there are standards for this, like the Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) and the Open Contracting for Infrastructure Data Standard (OC4IDS). It is a question of commitment.

Finally, not all G20 member countries are party to the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention and private sector bribery is not criminalized in every G20 member country as per the UNCAC provisions. This means companies can legally offer bribes to win contracts, and this has to be outlawed immediately.

The EU Directive for Corporate Responsibility Due Diligence includes requirements that the G20 should adopt immediately- for instance to identify the actual or potential adverse human rights impacts of corruption; to prevent or mitigate the potential impacts of bribery; and improve public communication around due diligence processes.

G20 members should also regulate the “revolving doors” through which government and business people can engage in favoritism; and invest in better partnerships between entities working on these issues such as regulators, law enforcement agencies and civil society.

This might all seem quite technical- but the negative impacts of corruption are not felt in government meeting rooms, but in the everyday lives of citizens. The G20 has for too long made excuses for the lack of action on this topic, and we are now seeing the devastating effects. Unless action is taken now, it will be too late.

These ideas were gathered through a consultative process as part of the C20 Anti-Corruption Working Group (ACWG), and represent the inputs of many civil society organizations.

Blair Glencorse is Executive Director of Accountability Lab and is Co-Chair of the C20 ACWG.

Sanjeeta Pant is the Global Programs and Learning Manager at the Lab. Follow the Lab on Twitter @accountlab.

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This second-year player could break out in 2022

Look for second-year pro Eric Stokes to have a breakout season for the Green Bay Packers.

If there was ever a player to have a breakout season on the Green Bay Packers roster, look no further than 2021 first-round cornerback, Eric Stokes.

Not only is Stokes playing opposite of a proven commodity in Jaire Alexander, but he is an absolute … DAWG! This former Georgia star really made a name for himself throughout the draft process two years ago, in addition to starring in the always deep SEC. It is for that reason so many people are so high on Stokes ahead of his second NFL season with the Packers. He is going to break out.

If Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network and former Pro bowl defensive back Samari Rolle think this highly of Stokes, you better believe this guy is going to be a superstar for Green Bay really soon.

Look for Eric Stokes to be this year’s breakout star for the Green Bay Packers

From a pure talent standpoint, Stokes has everything you could want from a defensive back. He has got size, speed, ball skills and all the intangibles. But perhaps the best part about his game is Stokes has shown he can play alongside other great players. He did this at Georgia and he is going to keep on doing this in Green Bay. With up to four more years under contract, he is the real deal.

For Green Bay to have great success this season, the Packers will need to lean on its defense a bit more than usual. They might have the two-time reigning NFL MVP under center in Aaron Rodgers, but who is he going to be throwing the football to anyhow? Exactly. Rodgers will turn guys into stars alright, but the Packers are getting to the Super Bowl if their defense is not of great quality.

The good news is with Alexander and Stokes’ ascensions should have the Packers on the rise in the back-end of their defense. If they can generate a consistent pass rush and hang tough in run defense, their side of the ball might be good enough to help Green Bay win multiple playoff games. Regardless, Green Bay has shown everybody how to burn through No. 1 seeds like nobody else.

Look for Stokes to be as good as advertised in his season professional season with the Packers.



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The 20-Somethings Who Help the 70-Somethings Run Washington

WASHINGTON — When an alarmed Representative Kevin McCarthy, the minority leader, called the White House on Jan. 6, 2021, demanding to know why the president of the United States had suggested he was coming to the Capitol while Congress met to certify his election defeat, the person on the other end of the line had just turned 25 years old.

“I said, ‘I’ll run the traps on this,’” Cassidy Hutchinson, now 26, testified this week before the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack, recalling what she had told Mr. McCarthy, Republican of California. “I can assure you, we’re not coming to the Capitol.”

Ms. Hutchinson’s two hours of testimony provided a riveting account of President Donald J. Trump’s mind-set and actions the day of the mob attack and situated the young aide — an assistant by title, but a gatekeeper in practice — at the very center of some of the most sensitive conversations and events of that day.

It also pulled back the curtain on a little-acknowledged truth about how Washington works: The capital’s power centers may be helmed largely by the geriatric set, but they are fueled by recent college graduates, often with little to no previous job experience beyond an internship. And while many of those young players rank low on the official food chain, their proximity to the pinnacle of power gives them disproportionate influence, and a front-row seat to critical moments that can define the country.

Sometimes, the interns themselves appear to be running the show.

After the House investigative committee accused Senator Ron Johnson, Republican of Wisconsin, of attempting to hand-deliver to Vice President Mike Pence a slate of false electoral votes for Mr. Trump, Mr. Johnson, 67, blamed the incident on a young underling. He claimed that an unidentified “House intern” had instructed his staff to give the list of fake electors to Mr. Pence.

Other former Trump aides who have appeared in video testimony during the Jan. 6 hearings include Nick Luna, now 35, Mr. Trump’s former body man; Sarah Matthews, now 27, a former deputy White House press secretary; and Ben Williamson, now 29, like Ms. Hutchinson a former aide to Mark Meadows, the final Trump White House chief of staff.

The committee has also featured some of its own young-looking investigators in videos laying out its work.

The relative youth of critical players wielding sway in the government is not a new phenomenon.

Lawrence Higby, who served as a top aide to H.R. Haldeman, President Richard M. Nixon’s chief of staff, was 25 years old when he testified as a key witness during the Watergate hearings.

President Lyndon B. Johnson’s final chief of staff, James R. Jones, was 28 years old when he was appointed to the top job in the White House.

In an interview, Mr. Jones said he was able to rise so high so quickly by following the advice he had received from his boss, W. Marvin Watson, when he joined the White House staff at the ripe old age of 25.

“What I was doing was passing his notes to the president, and he said, ‘You’ll be noticed at the right time. Just do your work now and stay out of the president’s view.’”

Mr. Jones added, “You just had to be at the right place at the right time. I played very low key, I tried to give the credit of successes to others, I didn’t talk to reporters — that’s how I think I made it. I probably would have made a number of key decisions differently with more years on me.”

For the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 assault, relying on junior aides like Ms. Hutchinson — who held internships with Senator Ted Cruz of Texas and Representative Steve Scalise of Louisiana and then at the White House before joining Mr. Trump’s staff — has been a crucial part of its strategy. With many of Mr. Trump’s senior advisers refusing to cooperate, investigators moved down the organizational chart and quietly turned to at least half a dozen lower-level former staff members who provided critical information about their bosses’ activities.

“We are definitely taking advantage of the fact that most senior-level people in Washington depend on a lot of young associates and subordinates to get anything done,” Representative Jamie Raskin, Democrat of Maryland, told Politico last month, claiming that the young people “still have their ethics intact.”

Representative Liz Cheney, Republican of Wyoming and the vice chairwoman of the committee, compared Ms. Hutchinson favorably to the more seasoned officials who have stonewalled the panel.

“Her superiors — men many years older — a number of them are hiding behind executive privilege, anonymity and intimidation,” Ms. Cheney said in a speech this week. (Her father, the former vice president Dick Cheney, became deputy chief of staff in President Gerald R. Ford’s White House at the age of 33.)

John Podesta, a former chief of staff to President Bill Clinton and a former senior adviser to President Barack Obama, said it has always been the case that in the White House, “there are a lot of people in their late 20s and early 30s” coming from campaigns or from Capitol Hill for jobs with considerable responsibilities.

“They’re expected to perform with fealty to the institution and the Constitution,” Mr. Podesta said. “In this case, it seems like the younger people did a better job than the older people on that front.”

They also have longer careers ahead of them, perhaps making them less willing to tie themselves forever to Mr. Trump’s efforts to overturn the election.

For ambitious young people, government jobs in Washington have long offered a jet-fueled rise to power that the private sector, however lucrative, can’t compete with.

“You can get a better job as a 24-year-old in Washington in government than you can in a big company,” said Steve Elmendorf, a well-connected Washington lobbyist who early in his career worked as a senior adviser to Representative Richard Gephardt, the Democratic leader. “The West Wing is physically so small, the person who is the 24-year-old is sitting right on top of the principals. Young people end up getting a lot of responsibility, because the principals are so busy and so hard to get to.”

That makes the assistants into gatekeepers who become players in their own right.

“If you can’t figure out how to get Ron Klain on the phone,” he said, referring to President Biden’s chief of staff, “figure out the three people who sit outside his office.”

Adding to the post-collegiate feel of Capitol Hill and the West Wing is the issue of who can afford to work in government, and for how long.

The average age of a House staffer is 31, according to the Sunlight Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to transparency in government, which noted in a report that the wage gap between the private and public sector “may encourage staff to seek greener pastures while depriving Congress of experience and expertise.”

A chief of staff on average would earn 40 percent more in the private sector than on Capitol Hill, according to the report, and “ex-staffers who become lobbyists can increase their earnings by many multiples.”

During her time in the Trump administration, Ms. Hutchinson, whose title was special assistant to the president for legislative affairs, earned $72,700, according to White House records. The most senior officials earned up to $180,000.

Still, she was there in the West Wing to witness the ketchup-dripping aftermath when Mr. Trump is said to have thrown his lunch against the wall in a rage that William P. Barr, the attorney general, had said publicly that there had been no widespread fraud in the 2020 election.

It was Ms. Hutchinson to whom the White House counsel, Pat A. Cipollone, turned with a dire warning about what would happen if Mr. Trump followed through with his plan to follow his supporters to the Capitol on Jan. 6. “We’re going to get charged with every crime imaginable,” Ms. Hutchinson said Mr. Cipollone told her.

And Mr. Meadows, who was said to have brought Ms. Hutchinson to virtually every meeting he attended, and Rudolph W. Giuliani, Mr. Trump’s personal lawyer, addressed her familiarly as “Cass” as they spoke freely to her about what they were anticipating on Jan. 6.

As she leaned against the doorway to his office a few days before, she testified, Mr. Meadows confided to Ms. Hutchinson, “Things might get real, real bad on Jan. 6.”

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Rodney Hood Coaches the Next Generation at the NBPA Top 100 Camp

Rodney Hood vividly remembers what his NBPA Top 100 Camp experience was like as a player. He remembers catching the attention of college coaches not long after, not just because he showed out with his scoring, but because he was doing the little things as a player: running the court and bringing that same energy on defense. Soon, he shot up the rankings his senior year and was listed No. 31 on ESPN’s Top 100 board in 2011. 

It’s that effort, beyond just scoring, that Hood is trying to emphasize to his own players as a coach at this year’s NBPA Top 100 Camp. “Everybody can’t score 30 points every single game, you know, it’s just not like that,” Hood explains over the phone. “So you have to find little ways to get noticed in camps like this. And I related to them. And then, you know, you see them go out on the court and they’re trying, these kids are hungry. They want to get better.”

The 2022 NBPA Top 100 Camp features some of the best high school players in the country, with standouts including Vyctorius Miller, Kwame Evans and LeBron James Jr. This exclusive, invite-only event is focused entirely on player development, rather than self-promotion or self-branding, and for Hood, he noticed his players getting better throughout the week.

“A lot of guys on the team are really excelling and everybody’s playing well right now. We’re gonna keep going and they’re going to keep impressing,” Hood says. 

After his standout performance at the NBPA Top 100 Camp back in the day, Hood went on to attend Mississippi State. He then made his name at Duke, where he earned All-ACC honors and averaged 16.1 points before embarking on a career in the NBA. 

SLAM recently caught up with Hood, who was still coaching at the camp when we spoke with him on the phone, to learn more about his experience there, what he was trying to teach this year’s group, and what he’s learning about himself when it comes to a potential future career in coaching.


SLAM: What’s been the best part about returning to the NBPA Top 100 Camp this year?

RH: The biggest thing is just being around the kids. They’re just hungry for information, they want to know how to get to the NBA level and what to expect. And teach what I know, it’s just about paying it back [and] trying to be somewhat of a mentor to them for this week. And that’s the best part about it. I think the challenge with the camp is just trying to get guys who are so talented to play together. My group has been special to coach, they’re a lot of fun. Hopefully one of these days I get a chance to play against them one day.

SLAM: You mentioned getting them to play a certain way. As a first-time coach at this level, what were you emphasizing to your group?

RH: Just for them to play hard. I mean, at all levels, regardless of how good you want to be, whether it’s college or NBA, you gotta play hard. The best players in the world play hard, and then just play together. Everybody is from where they at, they get all the shots and they’re the best player. But when you’re playing with better players, which they will, in college and in the NBA, you have to learn how to play without the ball and just make the right play. They’re getting better as the game goes along. So that’s all you can ask for.

SLAM: What was your favorite moment from the Top 100 Camp when you played?

RH: I can’t remember any funny moments ’cause I’m kind of old, but I just remember the camaraderie, guys that I see in the NBA [now] that I played with, whether it was Anthony Davis being there, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, and Bradley Beal—all those guys was in the same class. And we talked about it. When we see each other every now and then, we talk about Top 100 Camp [or] when we played AAU ball. It’s the best time. They’ll remember this for long years to come.

SLAM: You played at Duke and you improved quite a bit when you transferred from Mississippi State to play for Coach K. As a coach, what have you learned from this experience so far and have you talked to any other coaches for advice?

RH: I’ve reached out to a few coaches; Quin Snyder, Johnnie Bryant—those guys really helped me out throughout my career. I told them ‘thank you’ because I didn’t know how much they put up with as coaches. It’s been fun, though, you know, just learning. It’s a great learning experience for me, seeing if I’m a coach in the future. I think I’ve learned a lot from this camp.

SLAM: You’ve mentioned doing the little things, like taking charges and diving for loose balls. What have you been working on with your group and what have they excelled at?

RH: All of it. I think we grew, especially on the rebounding end. Everybody would leak out to get buckets, which I understand, but, just them helping people, when your teammate falls, help them up. Get back on defense, talk on defense, run the court. Somebody gives you a good pass, tell them ‘good pass.’ Those things go a long way. College looks for that. So they’ll just continue to get better at that. It’s been good.

SLAM: Being a good teammate sometimes gets overlooked by a lot of young players at the high school level. How have you tried to show them this week that it’s just as important as their skill set?

RH: It’s very important, that’s what winning teams do. On every level, when you come out of high school, college, and definitely in the pros, the teams are the most together. They help each other up. They make the right pass and encourage each other. Those are the teams that have the most success, those are the things that you have to do. These are not things that you do [only] when you want to. You have to do these things in order to be successful as a team and as a player. I think they’re getting the hang of it. It’s new to them [and] how young they are, just because of their talent, but they’re picking up on it.



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AC Milan to open discussions over Chelsea midfielder Hakim Ziyech



Chelsea midfielder Hakim Ziyech could potentially be on his way to new pastures this summer as Serie A champions AC Milan are said to be tracking the Moroccan international.

Ziyech, 29, has has a torrid time at Stamford Bridge since his arrival two summers ago from Dutch giants AFC Ajax, and the former SC Heerenveen academy graduate could be on his way to northern Italy if Milan can come to terms with Chelsea.

Transfer insider Fabrizio Romano reported earlier tonight that Ziyech is undoubtedly open to moving on from the Blues this summer and that Milan could be primed to lodge a formal bid for the midfielder as they have grown in confidence after discussions have continued over the last week.

With Chelsea pushing for Leeds United’s Brazilian winger Raphinha as well as Manchester City’s Raheem Sterling, while potentially viewing former Barcelona winger Ousmane Dembélé as a backup option, Thomas Tuchel seems perfectly content with allowing Ziyech to walk away from a frustrating two-year spell at the club.

The Dutch-born Moroccan managed just 83-appearances across all competitions in two seasons, while only mustering 14-goals and 10-assists in the process.

This came in stark contrast to his level of contribution seen at both Ajax and Twente Enschede during six brilliant seasons in the Eredivisie where he hit a combined 83-goals and 110-assists in 240-appearances both domestically and in Europe.

Even if Chelsea fail in their attempt to secure Raphinha, it has become painfully clear that Ziyech is not a key piece of the puzzle under Tuchel moving forward, and could possibly find better hunting grounds at the San Siro.


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